Tang Yun唐韵

No. 37 · Five-character quatrain

乐游原

The Pleasure Garden Plateau

Lè Yóu Yuán

by Li Shangyin 李商隐 · 813 – 858

  • Sunset
  • Time
  • Beauty
向晚意不适Toward evening I felt out of sorts;
驱车登古原I drove my carriage up the old plateau.
夕阳无限好The setting sun is incomparably beautiful —
只是近黄昏it is only that dusk is near.